• Energy Storage Microgrid

    This section includes white papers on Energy Storage Microgrids
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    Chick-fil-A Launches Third Solar Plus Storage Microgrid in California

    March 20, 2025
    The microgrid will provide one-third of the annual energy demand of the brand’s Quarry Creek location in Oceanside, improving resilience, lowering energy costs and contributing...

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    Key Microgrid Trends Impacting the New Energy Landscape

    Feb. 10, 2025
    As we enter 2025, microgrids are driving the evolution of the New Energy Landscape, fueled by advancements in renewable energy and smart technology. I see several transformati...
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    US Navy Awards $97M Contract to Build Battery Storage Microgrid on Guam Base

    March 14, 2025
    The contractors will build a 17,000-square-foot BESS which will be interconnected with the existing grid at the facility. The additional equipment will include a microgrid controller...
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    United Nations Issues Tender for Construction of 10-MW Hybrid Minigrid in Papua New Guinea

    March 7, 2025
    The deadline to express interest in the project, which will be built in three phases on Buka Island in Papua New Guinea, is March 24.
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    Rendering of ‘Zero Bills’ development in Thornwood, Epping, courtesy of Octopus Energy

    New Residential Microgrid Promises UK Homeowners Zero Cost Electric Bills

    Feb. 21, 2025
    The Carpenters Yard microgrid features solar panels, heat pumps and a centralized battery storage system. The developers say the system will eliminate electricity bills for at...
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    New York Public Utility Funds Virtual Reality Initiative to Train Microgrid and Energy Storage System Electricians

    Feb. 6, 2025
    The New York Power Authority has awarded $400,000 to support the development and integration of a virtual reality (VR) component into the Energy Storage and Microgrid Training...
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    ELM MicroGrid Unveils Upgraded FieldSight 2.0 Cloud-based Energy Management Tool

    Jan. 29, 2025
    The original FieldSight technology was introduced eight years ago around the same time that ELM Companies CEO and founder Lee Graves spun off ELM MicroGrid into its own company...
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    3 New York Automobile Dealerships Install Solar and Storage Microgrids

    Dec. 18, 2024
    The grid-connected microgrids were installed by Sprocket Power and are expected to reduce dealers’ net utility bills by up to 90%.
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    Deborah Westlight, operations manager with the Oregon Clean Power Cooperative, raises her arms in celebration of the solar panel portion of the project.

    Oregon Agrivoltaics-Based Microgrid Tackles Crop Warming from Climate Change – and May Improve Taste of Lettuce

    Oct. 28, 2024
    As climate change increases summer temperatures in Oregon, one farm struggling with decreased crop production is deploying a microgrid with agrivoltaics to provide solar, shade...